From Anserville to Fosseuse and back

This is a beautiful walk at the entrance to the Oise, in the valleys between Anserville and Fosseuse. The walk takes you through fields and woods. The region is surprising in this area, with its gently sloping hills and succession of small woods and fields. It offers a variety of very pleasant views.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 12.68 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 117 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 118 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 137 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 61 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Anserville (60540)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 49.226664° / E 2.208818°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2212E
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Park near the church in the centre of the village. There are two car parks with a few spaces, so it's easy to find somewhere to park.

(S/E) Take the main village road (D609) heading south-west until you reach a stop sign.

(1) Take the first street on the right, which quickly turns into a path after the last houses. The path runs alongside the Bois de la Garenne on the right, then another on the left, leading into a third. Follow this path until it ends at a T-junction with another path.

(2) Turn left and continue for about 400 metres until you reach another T-junction.

(3) Turn left again, continue straight ahead and temporarily leave the undergrowth.

(4) 150 metres after returning to the woods, take the wide path on the right that descends towards the south-west. It follows the hollow of a valley and heads towards the first houses of Fosseuse.

(5) Before you get there, as you descend towards Fosseuse, take the path that climbs up to the left in a hairpin bend, heading due north. Follow it to another wood.

(6) Leave the path that leads to a distant white building and take the path along the woods on the right. Follow this path to the houses where it turns into a tarmac road and, after a left turn, arrives at the D609.

(7) Turn left (north-west) onto it for 150 metres and turn onto the dirt track that branches off to the right and ends at another track heading due north.

(8) Follow it on the left until it becomes a street that enters Anserville, Rue de la Landrelle. Follow it to a crossroads.

(9) Take Rue de Bornel on the right. It leads to a new wood.

(10) Turn onto the path on the left that runs alongside this wood and leads straight to another path coming from Anserville.

(11) Take it on the right for 300 metres until you reach the end of a field.

(12) Turn left into the woods. Follow this path, which leads to a small road

(13) Take it on the left; it will take you back to Anserville near the church (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 123 m - Around the church
  2. 1 : km 0.4 - alt. 126 m - First street on the left
  3. 2 : km 2.28 - alt. 106 m - Turn left at the T-junction
  4. 3 : km 2.78 - alt. 97 m - Turn left at the second T-junction
  5. 4 : km 3.57 - alt. 121 m - Wide path on the right
  6. 5 : km 5.75 - alt. 81 m - On the left before Fosseuse
  7. 6 : km 7 - alt. 121 m - Edge of the woods on the right
  8. 7 : km 8.38 - alt. 61 m - Junction D609. Close to the - Esches (rivière)
  9. 8 : km 8.91 - alt. 82 m - Northbound path
  10. 9 : km 10.43 - alt. 121 m - Rue de Bornel on the right
  11. 10 : km 10.65 - alt. 119 m - On the left along the woods
  12. 11 : km 11.23 - alt. 118 m - Path on the right
  13. 12 : km 11.51 - alt. 111 m - Turn left into the woods
  14. 13 : km 11.88 - alt. 123 m - Turn left towards Anserville
  15. S/E : km 12.68 - alt. 123 m - Around the church

Notes

An easy, short walk, but with no water sources and no special equipment required. Just grab a water bottle and some good shoes and off you go!

Worth a visit

Don't miss the small brick church in Anserville, dating from the 16th century. A small panel on the side provides some explanations.
If you have time, a few kilometres away, the Méru Mother-of-Pearl and Tabletry Museum is well worth a visit.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 20 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.1 / 5
Alain95
Alain95

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 16, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike with lovely, varied landscapes.
Be careful during hunting season as hunters may be present not far from the trail.

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SophP60
SophP60
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 01, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike with lovely, varied landscapes (fields, woods, valleys)🥾🌳🌾 Done with two dogs without any problems, clear directions. 🐶 To be done again!

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Pied vaillant
Pied vaillant

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 03, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant, wooded and gently rolling route in a clean and varied natural setting. A great family outing.

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maunetie
maunetie

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful, very peaceful, but surely more beautiful before the harvest. Late June, early July. Good restaurant on arrival

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templiers56
templiers56

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 03, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful hike, not very well marked but with the app there's no difficulty.
Very hilly paths through the woods and along the edge of the forest... I recommend this hike
Michel

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jenn'i fleur
jenn'i fleur

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : May 18, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

a plan would be useful as a starting point.

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norton750850
norton750850

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 16, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Easy route, no need for signposting, the map is more than sufficient. The only downside is that some sections are closed due to hunting (wild boar hunting season). Best to do this outside of hunting season.

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lacosta
lacosta

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 27, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Although the route description was perfect, without GPS it was difficult to find our way around, as nature changes. Trees lay across the path... We were forced to turn back halfway, as we are unfortunately used to following signposts.
Please note, I would like to thank the author of this route and I am sure that an experienced hiker would have been able to follow it easily.
Best regards

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CocoSoso
CocoSoso

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 17, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

At the end of winter, it's a good way to get back into shape, but then again, this is the Oise... It's flat and there's nothing but fields... You can't expect miracles when it comes to creating lasting memories.
There aren't really any viewpoints. On the other hand, it's very easy to do... Our goal was to walk, so we did it... but we'll look for others.
As for the description, luckily we use a GPS to compare the route of the hike with our own...
We missed the hairpin left turn... in the middle of a field... difficult to see.

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christipor
christipor

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 20, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

a fairly varied and easy route.

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melvin-2
melvin-2

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 08, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

I drove 30 km hoping to go on a nice hike, but all I found were fields, no hills, and no nice villages to pass through. I do not recommend this hike.

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gwenned56
gwenned56

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 23, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A beautiful, easy hike. Just one thing that could be improved:
- the description mentions that once parked at the church, we should go to the stop sign on the left towards the village and then turn right.
It might be worth adding that you should immediately turn right again onto the small dead-end road that ends at a path. This would prevent you from going too far down the Esches road... for nothing.

The walk is easy, crossing woods and forest edges, with a few pleasant ascents and descents.

When we reached point 5, we took the path on the left and not the one that goes up in a hairpin bend (also on the left) and arrived at the end of a small housing estate in Fosseuse. We rejoined the main road after about 50 metres and found ourselves back on the path we had to follow to Anserville without any problems.

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gwenned56
gwenned56

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 04, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A beautiful, easy hike. Just one thing that could be improved:
- the description mentions that once parked at the church, we should go to the stop sign on the left towards the village and then turn right.
It might be worth adding that you should immediately turn right again onto the small dead-end road that ends at a path. This would prevent you from going too far down the Esches road... for nothing.

The walk is easy, crossing woods and forest edges, with a few pleasant ascents and descents.

When we reached point 5, we took the path on the left and not the one that goes up in a hairpin bend (also on the left) and arrived at the end of a small housing estate in Fosseuse. We rejoined the main road after about 50 metres and found ourselves back on the path we had to follow to Anserville without any problems.

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gwenned56
gwenned56

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 23, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A beautiful, easy hike. Just one thing that could be improved:
- the description mentions that once parked at the church, we should go to the stop sign on the left towards the village and then turn right.
It might be worth adding that you should immediately turn right again onto the small dead-end road that ends at a path. This would prevent you from going too far down the Esches road... for nothing.

The walk is easy, crossing woods and forest edges, with a few pleasant ascents and descents.

When we arrived at point 5, instead of taking the hairpin bend mentioned, we took the path on the left which led us to the end of a housing estate in Fosseuse and rejoined the main road for a few metres, which we took on the right to return via the requested route to Anserville.

The late autumn weather was beautiful and it was a very pleasant walk. Thank you to whoever mapped out this route.

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marconicole
marconicole

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 15, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

first experience with Visorando: excellent impression, we were perfectly guided on a beautiful hike. We will continue to use this very good website!

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